Joanna Szostek
@joannaszostek.bsky.social
Senior lecturer in Political Communication at the University of Glasgow. Researching media, politics, Ukraine, Russia.
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OTD in 2022 "Examples of large-scale disinformation campaign by the Western media, hyping the claim that Russia is planning to invade Ukraine" were debunked by my parody in Sweden.
And then we never invaded & all you imperialists were proved wrong. So you can believe us now about negotiating.
And then we never invaded & all you imperialists were proved wrong. So you can believe us now about negotiating.
February 12, 2025 at 9:50 AM
OTD in 2022 "Examples of large-scale disinformation campaign by the Western media, hyping the claim that Russia is planning to invade Ukraine" were debunked by my parody in Sweden.
And then we never invaded & all you imperialists were proved wrong. So you can believe us now about negotiating.
And then we never invaded & all you imperialists were proved wrong. So you can believe us now about negotiating.
"At least 1,000 USAID staff have had our .gov accounts...deactivated and wiped overnight with no advance communications," USAID worker tells me. "This includes colleagues deployed in active war zones like Ukraine and Gaza who rely on USG technology for safety."
bsky.app/profile/kenk...
bsky.app/profile/kenk...
USAID employees overseas are no longer able to access their government security app, which gives them this error code (images provided to me by USAID worker)
February 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Following on from our landmark conference 'Safeguarding Europe: how to defeat and deter Russia?', we are pleased to share the summary document, highlighting the expert analysis and policy recommendations from the day.
📑 Read the whole document here: chathamhouse.soutron.net/Portal/Publi...
📑 Read the whole document here: chathamhouse.soutron.net/Portal/Publi...
January 30, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Following on from our landmark conference 'Safeguarding Europe: how to defeat and deter Russia?', we are pleased to share the summary document, highlighting the expert analysis and policy recommendations from the day.
📑 Read the whole document here: chathamhouse.soutron.net/Portal/Publi...
📑 Read the whole document here: chathamhouse.soutron.net/Portal/Publi...
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🚨PhD Opportunity! See Sabina's thread for more details on this fantastic research opportunity.
📣 We have a fully funded #PhD place available at the Communication & Media Department @lborocrcc.bsky.social at Loughborough University, in collaboration with BBC Media Action and supported by the Midlands Graduate School ESRC DTP.
January 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
🚨PhD Opportunity! See Sabina's thread for more details on this fantastic research opportunity.
Super opportunity to join a great team for a funded PhD about disinformation and its effects.
Do share widely!
Do share widely!
📣 We have a fully funded #PhD place available at the Communication & Media Department @lborocrcc.bsky.social at Loughborough University, in collaboration with BBC Media Action and supported by the Midlands Graduate School ESRC DTP.
January 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Super opportunity to join a great team for a funded PhD about disinformation and its effects.
Do share widely!
Do share widely!
Chatham House is in Edinburgh this evening!
The room is packed to listen to Orysia Lutsevych, Francis Dearnley, Robert Brinkley and Anna Kulish talk about Ukraine's resilience.
#CHEvents.
The room is packed to listen to Orysia Lutsevych, Francis Dearnley, Robert Brinkley and Anna Kulish talk about Ukraine's resilience.
#CHEvents.
January 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Chatham House is in Edinburgh this evening!
The room is packed to listen to Orysia Lutsevych, Francis Dearnley, Robert Brinkley and Anna Kulish talk about Ukraine's resilience.
#CHEvents.
The room is packed to listen to Orysia Lutsevych, Francis Dearnley, Robert Brinkley and Anna Kulish talk about Ukraine's resilience.
#CHEvents.
Sounds like a very interesting study on corruption prevention, with data from Ukraine.
Hot off the Press & Open Access!!!
Jordan Gans-Morse (tw @J_GansMorse / #NUResearch) and Aaron Erlich (@aaronerlich.bsky.social lich.bsky.social / @mcgill.ca ca), "Can norm-based information campaigns reduce corruption?" via AJPS @ajpseditor.bsky.social #polisky doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
Jordan Gans-Morse (tw @J_GansMorse / #NUResearch) and Aaron Erlich (@aaronerlich.bsky.social lich.bsky.social / @mcgill.ca ca), "Can norm-based information campaigns reduce corruption?" via AJPS @ajpseditor.bsky.social #polisky doi.org/10.1111/ajps...
January 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Sounds like a very interesting study on corruption prevention, with data from Ukraine.
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An interesting new take on Prigozhin’s influence!
My first academic paper is out (open access). It's a study of the organisation of Prigozhin's Patriot Media Group, based on a dataset of 818 CVs of its employees downloaded shortly after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. doi.org/10.1080/1075... The main findings are in the thread below.
Trolls Behind the Mask of Journalists: How Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Patriot Media Group Was Organized
The Patriot Media Group, sponsored by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Kremlin’s “troll farm,” represents a distinct type of media organization that does not fit any of the contemporary Russia...
doi.org
January 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
An interesting new take on Prigozhin’s influence!
Very excited to see that the @chathamhouse.bsky.social Ukraine forum is visiting Scotland next week!
Great line up of speakers too.
www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/r...
Great line up of speakers too.
www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/r...
Maintaining Ukraine’s resilience
Experts discuss what support Ukraine needs to maintain its society and institutions in the face of Russia’s continuing war of aggression.
www.chathamhouse.org
January 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Very excited to see that the @chathamhouse.bsky.social Ukraine forum is visiting Scotland next week!
Great line up of speakers too.
www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/r...
Great line up of speakers too.
www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/r...
Sharing on the off-chance that the people who do "Workspace Futures" at Glasgow might read and take note.
Very true thread.
Very true thread.
Thread on The Role of Academic Office Space in Fostering a Collaborative Research Culture.
1/ I’m always struck by how attempts to foster a collaborative research culture, led by university managers in UK higher education, feel disconnected from how collaboration between academics actually works.
1/ I’m always struck by how attempts to foster a collaborative research culture, led by university managers in UK higher education, feel disconnected from how collaboration between academics actually works.
December 12, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Sharing on the off-chance that the people who do "Workspace Futures" at Glasgow might read and take note.
Very true thread.
Very true thread.
Whatever my other failings, I can still cook good chocolate owl cookies.
Distributed in class today to celebrate the end of teaching for this semester 🎉🦉
Distributed in class today to celebrate the end of teaching for this semester 🎉🦉
December 2, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Whatever my other failings, I can still cook good chocolate owl cookies.
Distributed in class today to celebrate the end of teaching for this semester 🎉🦉
Distributed in class today to celebrate the end of teaching for this semester 🎉🦉
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Let that sink in: in the occupied territories, ru has destroyed “750 libraries, 120 museums, 38 theaters, cinemas, and philharmonics, as well as more than 1,179 cultural heritage objects. Additionally, Russian forces have destroyed over 200 million Ukrainian books.”
Ukrainian officials revealed systematic attempts to erase Ukraine's national identity by Russian invaders in occupied territories
Since 2022, the Russians damaged over 2,100 Ukrainian cultural sites and destroyed 200 mln books
Since 2022, the Russians damaged over 2,100 Ukrainian cultural sites and destroyed 200 mln books
Ukrainian official says Russia seeks to erase Ukrainian identity in cccupied territories - Euromaidan Press
Ukrainian officials report systematic destruction of cultural symbols and appropriation of heritage as Russia targets libraries and museums.
euromaidanpress.com
November 29, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Let that sink in: in the occupied territories, ru has destroyed “750 libraries, 120 museums, 38 theaters, cinemas, and philharmonics, as well as more than 1,179 cultural heritage objects. Additionally, Russian forces have destroyed over 200 million Ukrainian books.”
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This article's got it all: memes, lexical clusters, Western decadence.
But in all seriousness, a very interesting reflection on a new (and very old) Russian information war strategy.
But in all seriousness, a very interesting reflection on a new (and very old) Russian information war strategy.
📚PUBLICATION📚 Thrilled to share my latest research published with @irsem.bsky.social:
"‘Down with Neocolonialism!’ Resurgence of a Strategic Narrative in Wartime Russia" 🧵 1/14
"‘Down with Neocolonialism!’ Resurgence of a Strategic Narrative in Wartime Russia" 🧵 1/14
November 28, 2024 at 8:31 AM
This article's got it all: memes, lexical clusters, Western decadence.
But in all seriousness, a very interesting reflection on a new (and very old) Russian information war strategy.
But in all seriousness, a very interesting reflection on a new (and very old) Russian information war strategy.
Music so poignant it hurts.
There is surely no other journalist quite like Steve Rosenberg.
There is surely no other journalist quite like Steve Rosenberg.
I miss Valentina & her kiosk. I miss her positivity & warm-heartedness. Valentina has been undergoing cancer treatment. To cheer her up I turned the Valentina’s Kiosk theme into a song & the legendary BBC Singers
have recorded it for her. Here is Valentina’s Song. Conducted by David Hill.
have recorded it for her. Here is Valentina’s Song. Conducted by David Hill.
Valentina's Song (Tomorrow Will Be Better Than Today).
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
November 27, 2024 at 11:53 AM
Music so poignant it hurts.
There is surely no other journalist quite like Steve Rosenberg.
There is surely no other journalist quite like Steve Rosenberg.
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This new report by @maudinet.bsky.social tells a fascinating and well-sourced story about #Russia strategic use of narratives of #neo-colonialism in the wake of the #Ukraine invasion. irsem.fr/media/report...
November 27, 2024 at 9:40 AM
This new report by @maudinet.bsky.social tells a fascinating and well-sourced story about #Russia strategic use of narratives of #neo-colonialism in the wake of the #Ukraine invasion. irsem.fr/media/report...
This is such an important article, glad to see it getting deserved recognition.
Congratulations to all the authors!
Congratulations to all the authors!
🏆We are proud to announce the winner of the 2025 B. Brodie Prize: for their critique of “Westsplaining”+coloniality in dominant debates on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the work of
@terezahendl.bsky.social Olga Burlyuk, Mila O’Sullivan & Aizada Arystanbek was recognized by a jury from our EB
@terezahendl.bsky.social Olga Burlyuk, Mila O’Sullivan & Aizada Arystanbek was recognized by a jury from our EB
November 27, 2024 at 9:36 AM
This is such an important article, glad to see it getting deserved recognition.
Congratulations to all the authors!
Congratulations to all the authors!
The UK government has just announced details of how Ukrainians on the "Homes for Ukraine" scheme can extend their initial 3 year visas by a further 18 months (the "Ukraine Permission Extension" scheme).
Big unanswered question is what happens after those 18 months though.
www.gov.uk/guidance/app...
Big unanswered question is what happens after those 18 months though.
www.gov.uk/guidance/app...
Applying to the Ukraine Permission Extension scheme
The new Ukraine Permission Extension scheme will open on 4 February 2025.
www.gov.uk
November 27, 2024 at 9:29 AM
The UK government has just announced details of how Ukrainians on the "Homes for Ukraine" scheme can extend their initial 3 year visas by a further 18 months (the "Ukraine Permission Extension" scheme).
Big unanswered question is what happens after those 18 months though.
www.gov.uk/guidance/app...
Big unanswered question is what happens after those 18 months though.
www.gov.uk/guidance/app...
Today I taught a lecture and seminars about "Journalism and Knowledge Production in War and Peacebuilding".
My main reflection: 50 minutes is not long enough for a lecture or seminar on this topic. There's enough to fill a whole new course...
My main reflection: 50 minutes is not long enough for a lecture or seminar on this topic. There's enough to fill a whole new course...
November 25, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Today I taught a lecture and seminars about "Journalism and Knowledge Production in War and Peacebuilding".
My main reflection: 50 minutes is not long enough for a lecture or seminar on this topic. There's enough to fill a whole new course...
My main reflection: 50 minutes is not long enough for a lecture or seminar on this topic. There's enough to fill a whole new course...
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"A defense secretary with a tenuous grip on reality, who can’t differentiate foreign enemies from domestic political opponents, and who seems to exist in a state of permanent hysteria is a problem that the United States has never had to survive." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
November 22, 2024 at 3:49 PM
"A defense secretary with a tenuous grip on reality, who can’t differentiate foreign enemies from domestic political opponents, and who seems to exist in a state of permanent hysteria is a problem that the United States has never had to survive." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Good read on current challenges and tensions affecting journalists in Ukraine.
www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
January 24, 2024 at 9:58 AM
Good read on current challenges and tensions affecting journalists in Ukraine.
www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
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Happy to see the first (and positive) review of Per Ståhlberg's and my book Managing Meaning in Ukraine, by @joannaszostek.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Book review: Managing Meaning in Ukraine: Information, Communication and Narration since the Euromai...
journals.sagepub.com
November 26, 2023 at 10:23 AM
Happy to see the first (and positive) review of Per Ståhlberg's and my book Managing Meaning in Ukraine, by @joannaszostek.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...